Course Objectives:
- Knowledge of the factors that affect performance and test methodologies of Weapon Systems
- Understand the weapon system requirements and weapon performance characterization under operating and ambient conditions.
- Understand the system reliability, maintenance, life cycle cost, and test procedures that govern the acceptance and induction of system.
- Weapon system requirements (land, air, naval)
- Weapon performance characterization, Operating environment and ambient conditions.
- Factors affecting system performance, System Acceptance testing
- System reliability
- System maintenance concept
- Functional analysis
- Life cycle costs
- Logistics support analysis
- Systems design
- Production, spare/repair parts management
- Static test procedures
- Shock and vibration tests
- Accelerated environmental tests
- Closed vessel test
- Conditioning chambers
- Test methods for evaluation of safety
- Dynamic trials
- Range requirement analysis, range instrumentation
- Post trial Analysis
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